Love the sea? I dote upon it--from the beach.

Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.

Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.

There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.

The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.

There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.

Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.